Download or read book The Decay and Preservation of Natural Building Stone written by C. A. Price and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Weathering of Natural Building Stones written by R.J. Schaffer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a general account of the factors which cause decay of building stones and a summary of the best methods to reduce the incidence of decay. It discusses weathering associated with natural defects inherent in stone and examines issues of weathering caused by bad workmanship or errors in the selection of material. Decay through chemical and natural physical phenomena are discussed in detail. The final sections offer useful advice on how to prevent long term decay through appropriate repair, replacement and cleaning of stone.
Download or read book Building Stone Decay written by European Geosciences Union. General Assembly and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone buildings and monuments form the cultural centres of many of the world's urban areas. Frequently these areas are prone to high levels of atmospheric pollution that promote a variety of aggressive stone decay processes. Because of this, stone decay is now widely recognised as a severe threat to much of our cultural heritage. An interdisciplinary approach between geologists, environmental scientists, chemists, material scientists, civil engineers, restorers and architects aims to strengthen the knowledge base dealing with the causes, consequences, prevention and solution of stone decay problems.
Download or read book Building Stones Their Properties Decay and Preservation written by Arthur Robert Warnes and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The weathering of natural building stones written by R. J. Schaffer and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stone in Architecture written by Erhard Winkler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The readers of the first two editions of Stone: Properties, Durabi lity in Man's Environment, were mostly architects, restoration architects of buildings and monuments in natural stone, profes sionals who sought basic technical information for non-geologists. The increasing awareness of rapidly decaying monuments and their rescue from loss to future generations have urged this writer to update the 1973 and 1975 editions, now unavailable and out of print. Due to the 20-year-Iong interval, extensive updating was necessary to produce this new book. The present edition concentrates on the natural material stone, as building stone, dimension stone, architectural stone, and decorative field stones. Recently, the use of stone for thin curtain walls on buildings has become fashionable. The thin slabs exposed to anew, unknown complexity of stresses, resulting in bowing of crystalline marble, has attracted much negative pUblicity. The costs of replacing white slabs of marble on entire buildings with its legal implications have led construction com panies into bankruptcy. We blame many environmental problems on acid rain. Does acid rain really accelerate stone decay that much? Stone preservation is being attempted with an ever-increasing number of chemicals applied by as many specialists to save crumbling stone. Chemists filled this need during a time of temporary job scarcity, while the general geologist missed this opportunity; he was too deeply involved in the search for fossil fuels and metals.
Download or read book Stone written by Mick R. Smith and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 1999 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones written by Stavros K. Kourkoulis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-17 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume scientists from different disciplines present their experience and their scientific work in progress. These concern the properties of a series of stones that have been used for the erection of some of the most important stone monuments of international cultural heritage and are also used today for substitution of missing parts or completion of damaged ones. It deals with the subject globally and contains unpublished research results.
Download or read book Stone Decay and Conservation written by Giovanni Giuseppe Amoroso and published by Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 1983 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Stone Preservation Committee written by Great Britain. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research. Stone Preservation Committee and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone written by John Ashurst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the problems which beset the conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book brings these disciplines together by the involvement of contributors with different experiences & approaches.
Download or read book A Review of Natural Stone Preservation written by Gerald A. Sleater and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodeterioration of Stone in Tropical Environments written by Rakesh Kumar and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series includes monographs, research results, and state-of-the-art reviews of conservation literature by Institute staff and others.Discusses the types and causes of stone biodeterioration in hot and humid climates, preventive and remedial methods, selection of chemical treatments, status of current research, and areas for further investigation.
Download or read book Sustainability of Construction Materials written by Jamal Khatib and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability of Construction Materials, Second Edition, explores an increasingly important aspect of construction. In recent years, serious consideration has been given to environmental and societal issues in the manufacturing, use, disposal, and recycling of construction materials. This book provides comprehensive and detailed analysis of the sustainability issues associated with these materials, mainly in relation to the constituent materials, processing, recycling, and lifecycle environmental impacts. The contents of each chapter reflect the individual aspects of the material that affect sustainability, such as the preservation and repair of timber, the use of cement replacements in concrete, the prevention and control of metal corrosion and the crucial role of adhesives in wood products. Provides helpful guidance on lifecycle assessment, durability, recycling, and the engineering properties of construction materials Fully updated to take on new developments, with an additional nineteen chapters added to include natural stone, polymers and plastics, and plaster products Provides essential reading for individuals at all levels who are involved in the construction and selection, assessment and use, and maintenance of materials
Download or read book Stone Deterioration and Replacement of Natural Building Stones at the Cologne Cathedral A Contribution to the Preservation of Cultural Heritage written by Birte Johanna Graue and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work deals with the deterioration of natural building stones as a function of mineralogical and petrophysical properties in different environmental and building-physical contexts. Taking Cologne cathedral as an example, the diversity of construction materials found in this monument and the resulting problems of the interference of these materials with each other in terms of their deterioration will be elucidated. Physical and chemical deterioration processes are empirically ascertained through laboratory testing and experiments, and are correlated to the specific petrophysical p...
Download or read book Stone in Architecture written by Siegfried Siegesmund and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weathering of historical buildings and, indeed, of monuments and sculptures of natural stone is a problem that has been encountered for hundreds of years. However a dramatic increase in deterioration in the structure of our built heritage has been observed during the past century. To understand the complex interaction that the stone in a building suffers with its near environment (the building) and the macro environment (the local climate and atmospheric conditions) requires an interdisciplinary approach and the application of many disciplines. Climate change over the next 100 years is likely to have a range of direct and indirect impacts on many natural and physical environments, including the built environment. The protection of our architectural heritage has both cultural and historical importance, as well as substantial economic and ecological value. Large sums of money are being spent world-wide on measures for the preservation of monuments and historical buildings. The past few decades has seen an unprecedented level of research activity in this area, the result of which is often difficult to access and are summarized in the new edition of STONE IN ARCHITECTURE. The 4th edition of Stone in Architecture: Properties, Durability, is a sophisticated and thorough exploration of stone – its properties, performance and conservation – in monumental contexts. The current editors, Siegfried Siegesmund and Rolf Snethlage, note the pioneering work of Erhard Winkler who wrote the first edition in 1973 when so little information could be found in the literature on the subject. This new edition, also published by Springer, nearly doubles the size of Winkler’s 1994 effort. If you are familiar with the field and need to know little more than this statement, you can put aside this review and go buy the book. George Wheeler, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
